The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad said Sunday that its services are closely monitoring the situation of the Tunisian diaspora in Sudan, through the crisis unit created in collaboration with the Tunisian Embassy in Khartoum, which has taken all the urgent and necessary measures to prepare the evacuation operation of Tunisians, starting tomorrow, Monday, April 24, 2023. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs added that all members of the Tunisian community have been contacted and a list of names of those who wish to be repatriated has been established. The latter have been informed of the exact place and time set to ensure their transportation. The embassy has published all the details of the evacuation operations and has made available to the Tunisian community telephone numbers to contact them, calling them to exercise the utmost caution. The ministry also said that coordination with the Department of National Defense continues “to complete the evacuation process and ensure all appropriate conditions for the return of the Tunisian community to the homeland. It also said to have instructed the two diplomatic missions of Tunisia, in Khartoum and Cairo, “to make the necessary contacts and provide all means to secure the evacuation process in the best conditions. Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which broke out since Saturday, April 15, 2023, have resulted in 256 deaths and 1,454 injured, announced Saturday, the Sudanese Doctors’ Union.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse